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Spring Break: Christie’s Prediction of a Trump Conviction by Spring Just Hit a Snag

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Some of their depositions have been leaked, much to the dismay of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Powell pleaded to misdemeanors for a deal that avoids jail time and preserves her ability to resume the practice of law. Jonathan Turley is an attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School.

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Eric Swalwell and the Politics of Contempt

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All Hunter had to do was walk into the building behind him to appear in the deposition and plead the 5th Amendment to refuse to testify, as others have done. Swalwell insisted that it was the fault of the House for insisting on a closed-door deposition, which he portrayed as outrageous. 6th committee. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.)